hans joachim roedelius Archive
17 Aug 2026
A Chat with Roedelius
An edited version of this feature was first published in The Tonearm. Hans-Joachim Roedelius is a towering figure in music. A founding member of groundbreaking bands Kluster/Cluster and Harmonia, Berlin-born […]
27 Sep 2024
What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… In Perfect Harmonia (continued) A subsequent performance would yield more positive results. “We once played in Hamburg,” he recalls. “That was 1974, and there was a […]
26 Sep 2024
What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Something Neu! (continued) For his part, Rother played multilayered electric guitar parts that skittered around, over and under a repetitive, often one-chord musical structure. The meter […]
25 Sep 2024
What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 1 of 3)
A pair of 2024 releases on vinyl refocuses a well-earned spotlight on an important corner of modern music. A deluxe version of Musik von Harmonia, the 1973 debut album from […]
18 Apr 2017
A Few Moments with Hans-Joachim Roedelius
German composer Hans-Joachim Roedelius is a synthesizer pioneer, and a leading light of ambient music. Yet acoustic piano is his instrument of choice, and he has little use for the […]